Maternity: Court bars Lagos hospitals from demanding blood donation
The Lagos High Court, Ikeja, on Monday ordered government hospitals in the state to stop demanding compulsory blood donations from women seeking antenatal and maternity services. Justice Raliat Adebiyi, who delivered the ruling, also restrained government hospitals in the state from demanding blood donations from spouses and other relations of pregnant women seeking antenatal and […]
I will continue to push for global peace – Obasanjo
James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Monday he would not rest on his oars until global peace is achieved. Obasanjo stated this when a special handwritten letter by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop Justin Welby, was presented to him by Bishop Precious Omuku on the occasion of his 83rd birthday at […]
Diri Swears in new Bayelsa SSG
Pledges better welfare for workers, teachers By Samuel Oyadongha – Yenagoa Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Monday, swore in Rt. Hon. Friday Konbowei Benson as Secretary to the State Government (SSG), urging him to see his appointment as a call to higher service for the overall benefit of people of the state. Dr. […]
Half of world’s beaches could vanish by 2100
Climate change and sea level rise are currently on track to wipe out half the world’s sandy beaches by 2100, researchers warned Monday. Even if humanity sharply reduces the fossil fuel pollution that drives global warming, more than a third of the planet’s sandy shorelines could disappear by then, crippling coastal tourism in countries large […]
Buhari felicitates with Pastor Adeboye at 78
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with the General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye as he turns 78. President Buhari in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, on Monday, said that he joined the Christian community in […]
Bus crash kills 25 in South Africa: minister
Twenty-five people died Monday when a bus rolled down a steep embankment in South Africa’s coastal Eastern Cape province, the country’s transport minister said. “Reports indicate that the driver lost control of the bus, which subsequently rolled down a steep embankment, leaving 25 dead and approximately 62 injured,” Fikile Mbalula said in a statement. “To […]
